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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 16, 2016Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Brewster County, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 16, 6:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 6:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 1:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
138 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-171845-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
138 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016 /1238 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING
CONCERNS...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS ANY LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RECENT RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
THE PERMIAN BASIN SATURDAY. STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:06 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
606 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXZ058-067-075-162345-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS TX-WARD TX-PECOS TX-
606 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PECOS...CENTRAL WARD
AND SOUTHEASTERN REEVES COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 606 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COYANOSA...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
STOCKTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COYANOSA AND B F GOODRICH TESTING TRACK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3095 10321 3107 10337 3147 10315 3105 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 219DEG 29KT 3107 10324
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:19 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:22 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:24 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
626 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXZ060-061-068-170015-
WINKLER TX-ECTOR TX-CRANE TX-
626 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CRANE...SOUTHEASTERN
WINKLER AND ECTOR COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR PENWELL...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...PENWELL...MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK...
ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD AND PLEASANT FARMS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3152 10259 3161 10277 3165 10277 3165 10284
      3172 10297 3200 10251 3192 10232 3169 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 226DEG 25KT 3164 10261

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:29 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
629 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXZ052-063-170015-
GLASSCOCK-HOWARD-
629 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HOWARD AND NORTHERN
GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 627 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF LEES...OR
6 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORSAN...SOUTH HAVEN...LOMAX...LEES...ELBOW...NEAR GARDEN CITY.

LAT...LON 3209 10125 3209 10126 3198 10127 3189 10167
      3221 10164 3223 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 240DEG 15KT 3202 10156

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis61 min
Sep 15, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves24 min
Sep 15, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson58 min
Sep 15, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF54 min
Sep 15, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson62 min
Sep 15, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson38 min
Sep 16, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson, Gaines23 min
Sep 16, 12:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Sep 16, 1:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson4 hr
Sep 16, 1:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry4 hr
Sep 16, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews34 min
Sep 16, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos44 min
Sep 16, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson53 min
Sep 16, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos31 min
Sep 16, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos65 min
Sep 16, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry67 min
Sep 16, 4:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos3 hr
Sep 16, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard46 min
Sep 16, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden44 min
Sep 16, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry62 min
Sep 16, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos37 min
Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard46 min
Sep 16, 5:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
Sep 16, 5:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward3 hr
Sep 16, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward52 min
Sep 16, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos62 min
Sep 16, 5:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell3 hr
Sep 16, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard39 min
Sep 16, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell41 min
Sep 16, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves38 min
Sep 16, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF51 min
Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor49 min
Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell49 min
Sep 16, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock46 min
Sep 16, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor29 min
Sep 16, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster39 min
Sep 16, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor3 hr
Sep 15, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
Sep 15, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy54 min
Sep 15, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy60 min
Sep 15, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy66 min
Sep 15, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy60 min
Sep 15, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy54 min
Sep 16, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea43 min
Sep 16, 4:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea44 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.